Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in the Indian Ocean. Due to its strategic location at a crossroads of navigational routes between Arabia and Eastern Asia, it has long been a meeting place and cultural melting pot, with sailors and merchants from all over the world arriving here to trade.
The HeritageLab Center (HLC) team has long supported activities in Sri Lanka, particularly in Galle. Since 2007, through our institutional partner CIE and at the request of Sri Lankan authorities, HLC members have been providing assistance on several topics such as maritime archaeology, museum management, and historical research. See below part of our track record:
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Sri Lanka: Cultural Triangle in the South – to promote cultural tourism in Sri Lanka and to improve the living standards of those people living in and around its’ heritage sites., 2007-2009. In collaboration with: Ministry of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage in Sri Lanka.
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Heritage Day Sri Lanka, 2009. In collaboration with: Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde.
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Seminar ‘What is the Value of Your Heritage?’, 2012. In collaboration with: Netherlands Embassy to Sri Lanka, Ministry of National Heritage, Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the Arts, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Sri Lankan Tourism Development Agency.
To complement the curriculum of heritage-based courses HLC as also developed interdisciplinary, community-based research FieldLabs.
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Into the Project Design (IPD) Course, 2013. In collaboration with: Leiden University.
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New York University Abu Dhabi Fieldschool, 2013. In collaboration with: New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Galle Heritage Foundation
Contributors: Robert Parthesius